Equity-Based Crowdfunding
= Crowdfunding associated with profit sharing
Examples
- Enviu, a company that used crowdfunding to attract capital., raised €100,000 – making it the largest crowdfunding campaign in the Netherlands. [1]
- Cameesa: crowdfunding T-shirt design [2]/
- Catwalk Genius: Crowdfunding for fashion [3]
- Slice the Pie: invest from $1 to $15,000 in albums the company helps produce
- MyBandStock: a “social web community that allows fans the opportunity to ‘buy stock’ in a band,” [4]
- Equite for Punks: craft beer
Status
"In 2011 we witnessed the start of equity based crowdfunding. To get insight into the market for equity based crowdfunding, we analysed the market size in 2011, being a modest €10 million. The coming years, we expect equity based crowdfunding to grow exponentially." (http://www.douwenkoren.nl/en/infographic-equity-based-crowdfunding-in-2011/)